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11/14/2018

Tonight was Thanksgiving Dinner, where we were able to eat at ease with our cadre for the first time. I'm not entirely sure what the orange food on our plate was, but the mashed potatoes, turkey, and cranberry sauce were very good. I was challenged to eat a piece of pumpkin pie in less than 30 seconds which I succeeded in doing. Our platoon shirts we designed and ordered online hadn't been delivered in time, so we all made our own white shirts to wear to chow under our tunics. On our shirts, we had our wolf logo spray painted on the front and an American flag on the sleeve. The back of the shirts were free for everyone to personalize. On my shirt, I made sure to include "Let's Rook and Roll." We designed shirts for our cadre as well, personalizing them with things relating to their specialty units,...
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10/31/2018

One of the things I was most sad about when leaving high school was that I'd never be able to get all dressed up for something again like I was able to for prom. Honestly for me, getting ready for prom with all my friends was a lot more fun than the actual event itself. For my senior prom, I even arrived 2 hours late because really I just wanted to play dress up. So, when the opportunity for the regimental ball came around and there was an opportunity to get all dressed up and wear a fancy dress again, I was more than excited to accept. My friend (who also goes to Norwich) and I went dress and shoe shopping, which in itself was fun trying on all the beautiful long dresses. The day of regi, a group of my friends and I all got ready together and did...
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We woke up at 0500, thirty minutes earlier than our normal wake up time, and left our barracks to be down at Plumley for 0530. Armed with our rifles, and dressed in our ACUS we started the course. Taking charge, our Battalion Commander, Lt Col Berger, decided to join us, along with our 1Sgt, PSG, and SSG’s, running with us. It started off with a straight mile run, down to where the center of town starts and then back up to Sabine. At sabine, we completed low, high, and bear crawls. By this point, I personally was already tired, my shoulder already numb from an extenuating injury (I decided not to get a pink slip*). From there, we ran down to the practice fields, doing push ups, sit-ups, and burpees, followed by a run to the rugby pitch. At the rugby pitch, the fun didn’t stop, we did two full...
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